Yes, I know it's been long but here the next chapter is. Now finally, things are starting to happening.
I don't own Bleach or Elfen Lied.
A loud murmur was heard in the hallway. The lieutenant of squad ten had been beaten by a mysterious shinigami. She was now treated in the forth squad barracks. Matsumoto lay in the bed when she heard the sound of the door opening. Captain Hitsugaya, the squad ten captain stepped into the room.
"Captain?" Matsumoto said.
"How are you feeling, Matsumoto?" Captain Hitsugaya asked.
"A little bit better. But it will take a while until it have healed completely" Matsumoto said. Her captain looked down at her.
"Matsumoto... who did this to you?" He asked with a lot of worry in his voice. Matsumoto was about to open her mouth to say the name of the person, but stopped herself.
"I don't know who it was. All I know is that it was a girl" She said.
"I see" Captain Hitsugaya said. He sat down on a chair next to Matsumoto's bed. Then he took her hand in his and put his forehead on them.
"C-captain?" Matsumoto said a little stuttering.
"Matsumoto. I swear. I will find the one who did this to you, and make them pay for it!" Captain Hitsugaya said with a lot of hate in his voice.
Captain Byakuya walked down the hallway. He had been very worry since Rukia said that Lucy was missing. He didn't understand. A lot of thing has happening, and Lucy had always been in the middle of it all. But most of all he didn't know why he care so much about it. He didn't cared so much when Rukia was about to be executed, but now is was a girl who he haven't know for a month. She had somehow changed his whole world, done him care for other persons more. And his heart hurt. It really does.
Then something big landed in the bushes right next to him. He walked over to the edge and looked down. There, almost under the terrace, lay Lucy. She had probably fallen down from the roof and not been able to land properly. When he saw that no one was there, he jumped down from the terrace and crouched down beside her. She was warm so she sweated and breathed heavily. She looked like she had no more strength left to stand up and walk. He looked around. Still no one there. Good. Then he took her in his arms and walked to his room. There he took off her shikuhasho, so she just wore her nagajuban* and laid her in his bed. In silence he walked after a bowl of water and a cloth. He wetted the cloth and wiped her wet forehead. Then he wet it again and laid it on her forehead. He didn't know why, but it made him feel good to take care of this woman. After a while she opened her eyes.
"W-who..."
"Don't talk" Captain Byakuya said before Lucy could say anything more.
"C-captain?"
"Don't talk. Rest a little bit, then you can talk"
"Will you be still here then?"
"Yes. I won't go anywhere"
"Oh" Lucy turned away her head so her captain can't see that she is blushing. They sat there for a long time, no one saying a thing. Captain Byakuya looked at Lucy. He looked over her face, and saw the red mark.
"Who did those mark?"
"What marks?"
"The marks on your face" Captain Byakuya said, hoping for a answer. Lucy opened her mouth to say Kaede's name, but stopped her self.
"I don't know who it was. All I know is that it was a girl"
"I see" He stroked his fingers over the marks and the rest of her face. Lucy felt his finger stroking across her face. But strangely, she enjoyed it. It felt good. Soon his hand came to her cheek and then down to her chin. She felt her face heat up, and she knew she was blushing. Hopefully, he will think that it's because of her high temperature. Lucy sat up after a while. The cloth felled off her forehead and down on the bed.
"Thank you for taking care of me, but-" Before she was able to finish her sentence, the great pain came over her again. This time it spread from her chest to her legs, arms and stomach. She wrapped her arms around her stomach to ease the pain. She gasped when the pain growed. Then she felt warm arms around her back. Captain Byakuya wrapped his arms around her, and held her tight. He could feel her presence fading away. Lucy took a good grip of captain Byakuya's shikuhasho. She couldn't help it. The pain made it impossible to think.
Byakuya could suddenly feel her grip fade and looked down at her. She had fainted again. She lay in his arms like a life-less doll.
"I'm sorry. I'm so... sorry"
*Nagajuban: It is a kind of underwear. It looks like a white yukata.
So? How was that? I think it turned out pretty well. And it is my longest chapter. Was happy that I was able to write some HitsuMatsu so soon in the story. I hope I'll write some more.